$1.25 in 64 was around $12.59 today.
Thank God I didn't have to depend on that salary to retire on in 2003.
I was born and raised in Rochester, N.Y. On the main street downtown, they had an awesome shoe store...more top end. The name was Wilbar's Shoes. They specialized in women's shoes, featuring leather shoes, boots, snakeskin shoes, purses, along with fashion accessories. I bought my first leather purse there for $50. That was a lot of money in the late 60's. I kept that purse for years. I also bought a gorgeous pair of multi-colored snakeskin strapped-heel, open-toed shoes. Can't remember what I paid for them at the time. Wilbar's had their own store credit card, and of course I had one.
I did a search for Wilbar's. Apparently it was a Boston based store. Since there was one in downtown Rochester, I'm assuming there were others around. The search came up with an article about the Wilbar's that was once in Worcester, with a photo of the store front. I'll post the link, but want you to know they asked me to turn off my ad blocker, which I didn't mind doing since I was able to access the article, and do some reminiscing: